Chess
ChessEuropean Club Cup 2026 in Budva: Bayegan Pendik, the 2715 Average and a 65-Point Gap per BoardIn Budva, the standings board after two rounds hangs in the corridor like a...
ChessIM Andrew Martin and the 60-minute Scandinavian course: a mismatched headline, a fast promise, and the middlegame left behindA rainy August night in Chengdu, the water tapping the window frame in an...
ChessThe Clock Runs Faster, and Quiet Games Fade AwayAt a grassroots chess tournament in Saigon last weekend, I sat beside board...
ChessThe 5.e5 Move and the Strange Comforts of Superstition in ChessIn a small coffee shop on Nguyen Chi Thanh Street in Da Nang, on a summer...
ChessSix Videos by IM Valeri Lilov: When Black Must Build a Separate Plan for Every System Against 1.d4 d5I remember staying behind after an analysis session at the chess club, when a...
Chess5.e5 — Sveshnikov's Gun and the Trap Set for the One Who Holds ItIn the third game of last autumn's Delhi club tournament, I sat behind a...
ChessChessBase Magazine 225: A chess training package and the expectation problem behind the Bent Larsen headlineChessBase Magazine issue 225 has been introduced as a training package for...
ChessThe Najdorf and the Update Machine: When Chess Theory Becomes an Endless Product LineThe best game I ever watched took place at an open tournament in Shanghai, in...
ChessYağız Kaan Erdoğmuş Goes Undefeated 8/10 at the 2026 Chess Olympiad: A Fourteen-Year-Old's Feat and the Data Still Awaiting VerificationEight points from ten games, not a single loss. I stayed behind in the hall i...
ChessThe Italian Game's Modern Variation: When 5.e5 Turns a Game Into a Test of MemoryBoard seven, round five of an open team chess tournament in Da Nang, and...
ChessThe Italian Gambit 5.e5: A Club Weapon, and the 5...d5 Line That Decides EverythingOn a Thursday evening in a small chess club at the end of an alley in souther...
ChessStrategic Counter from the King's Indian Defense: Why is 9...a5 a Tactical Blind Spot?In the fourth minute of the chess game, the opponent pushes the b-pawn coldly...
ChessGukesh, Ding Liren and the Echo of an Empty Chess ArenaIn Singapore, on the evening of December 12, 2026, in a hall with room for...
ChessAfter 1.d4 d5: The Migration Away from Theory and the Trainer's EyeIn 2026, at a small café on Tran Phu Street in Nha Trang, I watched a...
ChessIn the Eye of the Performance Storm, I Rewind the SEA Games 29 Tape to Find What Was ForgottenI rewind the SEA Games 29 tape to find what people have forgotten....
ChessVietnam's Chess and the Generational Handover: The Gap to the Elite Through the Lens of DataIn a tournament hall with no spectators, the electronic clock ticks down seco...
Chess2026 Chess Olympiad: Savitha Shri B Declines the Draw, 45.Rd1, and the Match-Point Architecture Nobody SeesAt the women's boards of the 2026 Chess Olympiad, when the pieces had reached...
Chess5.e5! in the Italian Game: The Erigaisi–Laohawirapap Game and a Lesson for Club PlayersI still remember that morning — not a beautiful morning by any measure. The s...

